tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post7859437375005521169..comments2024-03-28T08:30:20.260+01:00Comments on The Ugley Vicar: Is there a Christian economic ethic?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-2228535709495969892010-04-28T14:44:46.869+01:002010-04-28T14:44:46.869+01:00Good question John. The key distinction most Chris...Good question John. The key distinction most Christians miss on this is that ends don't justify the means. It's amazing what means politicians can get away with by stating the ends are poverty-relief.<br /><br />We had a Parliamentary hustings at church last week. The panel was unanimous that govt should be spening more on international aid. It seems to me, that most Christians would consider dissent from that to be wicked. Yet govt-to-govt aid is notoriously inefficient and open to corruption, and seems to me also to contradict NT encouragements to joyful, generous, VOLUNTARY giving - international aid is compelled from your pocket through taxes. That's just one example. <br /><br />It seems many Christians are economically-illiterate - FairTrade (which of course is not fair) is another classic example. Well-intentioned but wrong.<br /><br />Grudem's little book, Business for the Glory of God was excellent. Of course, for the in-depth, both extremes, full-blown argument, read Sider, "Rich Christians" alongside David Chilton, "Productive Christians in an Age of Guilt-Manipulators."Neil Jeffershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049760329273618171noreply@blogger.com